Month: July 2021
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Google Firestarters Episode 10: Lucy Jameson
I was really delighted when Lucy Jameson, one of the founders of the brilliant Uncommon London, agreed to be on Google Firestarters. Uncommon are uncommonly good (sorry). They were Campaign's creative agency of the year in 2020 and are responsible for some stand out work for clients as diverse as B & Q, ITV, and…
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Sacred Hours
Finding and creating space in busy schedules to write, try stuff out, make meaningful progress through deep work or just to take a step back to think seems to be more difficult than ever. It's certainly something that I've long struggled with. And I think working from home, the endless Zoom calls and the increasingly…
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Post of the Month – June 2021 – The Winner
I'm closing the vote for Post of the Month slightly early this time as I'm taking some time off next week (yay), but there was a runaway winner in this month's vote anyway – Zoe Scaman's brave and astounding post on misogyny in the advertising industry (do go and read it now if you haven't…
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Post of the Month – June 2021 – The Vote
Thanks to those who nominated. So our vote this month is between: Mad Men, Furious Women by Zoe Scaman If You Believe Advertising Works Then Don't Argue Against the UK HFSS Ad Ban by Amelia Torode You Are Not Your Job by Kevin Maguire So You Want to Work With Creative People? by Ben Schott What I liked…
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Post of the Month – June 2021 – Nominations
It's time to open nominations for Post of the Month. As always I have a short starting list of nominations below but please do add to these (you can send me the link to a nominated post direct or leave it in the comments) and when I have a good number I put them up…